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Empower teams to collaborate and accomplish more together!

VMware® Socialcast is a secure enterprise chat and social platform connecting people to relevant business information. Users can collaborate with coworkers, customers and business partners using an integrated set of productivity tools and applications.

Connect and Engage- Chat with a co-worker, customer or business partner in one-on-one conversations- Setup a persistent group chat to stay connected with your teams- Learn about the latest developments by following the relevant people, projects and groups- Gain organizational alignment on vision via the built-in town hall meetings

Work Smarter- Setup project rooms to bring people, information and ideas together- Send messages and share files for content collaboration- Include internal and external contributors of your projects- Allow teams to vote on ideas using the Challenges feature- Initiate face-to-face meetings with screen sharing for quicker alignment- Ask questions or respond as a subject matter expert to spread the knowledge wealth

Celebrate Success- Send ‘Thanks’ to people for going above and beyond- Send out polls to conduct retrospectives and gain valuable insights- Distributed team members can join a virtual meeting using Google Hangouts integration

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Empower teams to collaborate and accomplish more together!

VMware® Socialcast is a secure enterprise chat and social platform connecting people to relevant business information. Users can collaborate with coworkers, customers and business partners using an integrated set of productivity tools and applications.

Connect and Engage- Chat with a co-worker, customer or business partner in one-on-one conversations- Setup a persistent group chat to stay connected with your teams- Learn about the latest developments by following the relevant people, projects and groups- Gain organizational alignment on vision via the built-in town hall meetings

Work Smarter- Setup project rooms to bring people, information and ideas together- Send messages and share files for content collaboration- Include internal and external contributors of your projects- Allow teams to vote on ideas using the Challenges feature- Initiate face-to-face meetings with screen sharing for quicker alignment- Ask questions or respond as a subject matter expert to spread the knowledge wealth

Celebrate Success- Send ‘Thanks’ to people for going above and beyond- Send out polls to conduct retrospectives and gain valuable insights- Distributed team members can join a virtual meeting using Google Hangouts integration

4.3

4.2.4

March 13, 2017
- Bug fixes

4.2.3

February 13, 2017
- Ability to change Group's avatar image- Ability to change User's avatar image- Rounded avatars across the app- Ability to set Out of office- Support communities which has disabled Group chat- Ability to attach video from the library- Fixed a few crashes and bugs

4.2.1

November 4, 2016
Bug fixes and User Experience improvements

4.2

October 26, 2016
- Support for External Contributors - External Contributors can now use the Socialcast app to connect with their partners- Chat messages on group chats can now be edited via long tap on the posted message- Spaces on left nav can be marked as favorites using Favorite action- Favorited spaces can be unmarked as favorite using Unfavorite action- Private 1-1 chat can be hidden from the left nav using Hide action- Group members can be filtered via search- Updated logo and splash screens- Bug fixes and performance updates

Note: For existing Socialcast customers, some of the new features require your organization to be upgraded to the latest version.

4.1

Note: For existing Socialcast customers, the new features require your organization to be upgraded to the latest version.

4.0

July 21, 2016
- Simplified navigation- Re-designed user interface for people-centric collaboration- Auto-prioritize spaces based on recent activity and direct @mentions- Enhanced chat experience for one-to-one chat and group messaging- Create, find, join or request access to existing groups- Search content across all spaces or filter results within a particular group- Manage administrative settings, such as membership and group descriptions, from the mobile app- Bug fixes and performance updates

Note: - This release is optimized for iPhone variants only.- For existing Socialcast customers, the new app features require your organization to be upgraded to the latest version.

3.8.1

March 29, 2016
Patch containing - Bug fixes- Fixes for App Crashes

3.8

February 23, 2016
- Introducing EZ Link: This simplest and fastest way to log in to the Socialcast mobile app! During the sign in flow, you will have the option to request for an EZ Link email to be immediately sent your way. The email will contain a link that automatically logs you into your Socialcast community on our mobile app without ever having to enter a username and password or community URL. - Ability to rename group chats- Ability to leave group chats- Ability to hide 1:1 chats- Fixed: Deep-linking from emails into the Socialcast mobile app- Other various bug fixes and performance updates

3.7

December 14, 2015
Swipe to Chat - open Chat menu from the new Chat icon in the upper right-hand corner or swipe from the right side of the screenImproved and simplified login screen - enter community URL first, then username/password.Added App Config setting for EMM-managed deployments: Disable Copy/Paste Other various bug fixes and performance updates

3.6.3

October 26, 2015
Various bug fixes

3.6.2

September 24, 2015
Bug fixes

3.6.1

September 4, 2015
Performance and bug fixes

3.6

August 10, 2015
Ability to delete an existing message or commentAbility to edit an existing message or commentAbility to copy entire comment with single tapBold and improved Broadcast Message stylingRendering support for markdown, including emojisAbility to add multiple attachments to a postPrivate Messages renamed to “Chat”View reference links of shared or ‘replied-to’ posts in ChatSound alert for new notificationsAttach files from AirWatch Content Locker to comments, messages, chats (required an AirWatch Content Locker account)Fixed: @mention auto-suggest when drafting a postFixed: Overlapping text rendering of long commentsFixed: Deep-linking into app from email notificationsFixed: View entire list of users that Liked a messageOther various bug fixes and performance updates

3.5.4

April 13, 2015
Various bug fixes

3.5.3

March 16, 2015
- Expired password can now be changed from within the app, so you can keep being productive on the go.- Fixed text wrapping issue on iPad- Various bug fixes

3.5.2

January 22, 2015
What’s New• Added support for deep-linking. Links to Socialcast now launch the app with the corresponding content instead of launching the mobile web.• ‘Share’ was renamed to ‘Post’.• Added avatars to the autocomplete widgets for user, group and hashtag.• Long group names are now displayed in two lines.• Navigation bar color is now blue• When composing a multiple-line comment the text area expands automatically.

Bug Fixes• You can now tap on a business system to see its profile.• Tapping back after tapping a message from the search results navigates back to the search results instead of the home stream.• Fixed an issue where the text box text would remain when using an external keyboard on iPad.• Fixed an issue where @mentioning would not work for new lines when composing comments.• Fixed display issues with the @mention bubble when adding new lines while composing comments.• Fixed an issue where searching would not return the same results as the web client.

3.5.1

October 14, 2014
• Fixed an issue where the application would crash on iOS8 when images are present.• Fixed a bug where the app would crash when a private message contained attachments.

3.5

September 12, 2014
What's New in Version 3.5

* Multiple Thanks We’ve added support for viewing as well as composing Multiple Thanks. Showing your appreciation has never been easier. Thank your co-workers for making your day while waiting for your drink or commuting home.

* Link preview in commentsOur data shows that link previews are a great way to engage community members, so we’ve added support for link previews in comments as well.

* Support for viewing Ideas and TasksWe’ve received great feedback for introducing a task and idea indicator, so we’re bringing this to iOS. Tasks and Ideas will now be indicated as such. Tasks will also show their containing project.

* Infinite scrollingScroll, scroll, scroll your screen gently down the stream to infinity and back. Gone are the days of tapping to load more messages. Infinite scrolling is now supported in streams, search results and comments.

* Refresh group listWhenever you open the app, we will check for any updates in your groups and fetch the new group list if there are any updates.

* Configure community URL automatically using Airwatch Deploy and Configure Socialcast via Airwatch in an efficient way to enable mobile Socialcast users without over-burdening IT and send your community URL as a configuration setting using the community parameter (e.g: Community = https://acme-corp.socialcast.com )

Bug Fixes

* Fixed a bug that would prevent creating a private message with an attachment.* When a member is added to a conversation the correct message will now be displayed.* Push notifications for private messages is working again.* Fixed an issue where the Messenger menu item wouldn’t highlight on selection.* Fixed an issue where private messages would not show the author’s name.* Fixed an issue that caused text to disappear when using certain characters.* Fixed an issue that would cause the iPad app to crash when navigating to a specific group.* Fixed an issue where the app would crash when adding new members to a Private Message.* Fixed an issue where private messages containing an attachment without text could not be sent.* Fixed an issue where auto-completion of topics or @-mentions would not work on the first attempt on iPad 2.* Removed empty space between search bar and results.* Changing a vote in a poll now updates the result in all streams.* Fixed an issue where Thanks would drop the quoted text from the original message or comment.

3.4

May 8, 2014
RequirementsSocialcast iOS 3.4 requires iOS 6 or later.

What's new1.Socialcast Messenger is now integrated into the Socialcast iOS App! No longer will you have to constantly switch between apps to get your work 2.The app now uses Safari to authenticate with SSO to ensure compatibility with authentication services relying on software credentials running on the device3.Improved network stability 4.Reduced empty space displayed in messages with no likes or comments.5.App displays log-in screen after password has been changed.6.Fixed a bug that prevented users from following members on communities running Socialcast On-Premise version 2-80-4